to be Barred Permanently from the Futures Industry, Among Other
Sanctions

WASHINGTON -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced
today that U.S. District Court Judge G. Kendall Sharp entered a consent
order of permanent injunction against Keith Dominick -- individually
and d/b/a Keith Dominick Investor Group and Dominion
Investments -- and Main Street Investment Group, Inc. (Main
Street), a Florida corporation, both of Kissimmee, Florida. The order,
entered on March 30, 1996, requires Dominick to pay restitution in the
amount of $4,528,237 and bars him from the futures industry, among other
sanctions. Neither of these defendants has ever been registered with the
CFTC in any capacity.

The court's action, filed on April 1, 1996, stems from an original
eight-count civil anti-fraud action that was filed in June 1994 against
Keith Dominick and Main Street (see CFTC News Release 3770-94, June 17,
1994 ) alleging that they defrauded commodity pool investors in a manner
akin to a Ponzi scheme. The complaint alleged that the defendants violated
the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations by, among other
things, committing fraud by making misrepresentations, misappropriating
investor funds, and providing false statements to investors; acting as
commodity pool operators without being registered; converting customer
funds to their own use; and commingling the property of a commodity pool
with the property of others. Since 1992, Dominick and Main Street solicited
and received more than $5.9 million from at least 70 pool participants in
Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas, and South Carolina, the CFTC
charged. On the same day the complaint was filed, the Court entered an
ex parte restraining order against Keith Dominick and Main Street
freezing their assets. Approximately $150,000 of the funds were frozen.

Complaint Was Amended, Adding Two Other Individual Defendants

On July 11, 1995, the CFTC filed an amended 14-count complaint to the
original complaint, adding Rev. Gary A. Smith, pastor of the
Heartland Worship Center, Inc. and Jay Blevins, president of the
Jeff Blevins Memorial Childrens Fund, both not-for-profit corporations
located in Kissimmee, Florida (see CFTC News Release 3857-95, July 11,
1995). The amended complaint repeats the charges in the original complaint,
and further charges that Rev. Smith and Blevins solicited investors for
Dominick and Main Street and that, in their solicitations, Smith and
Blevins made fraudulent misrepresentations to investors (including
guaranteeing profits of up to 100 percent and representing that the
operation could not lose money) and failed to disclose to investors that
Dominick was paying them a commission. Rev. Smith allegedly solicited over
$1.5 million from at least 38 investors and Blevins allegedly solicited
over $2.5 million from at least 8 investors. The amended complaint alleges
that Rev. Smith and Blevins received, respectively, approximately $378,000
and $325,000 in commissions from Dominick.

Trial Has Begun for Remaining Defendants: Rev. Smith and Jay
Blevins

The consent order announced today pertains only to Dominick and Main
Street. The CFTC's case against Rev. Smith and Blevins went to trial on
April 1, 1996. The CFTC is seeking restitution to investors, disgorgement
of ill gotten gains, and permanent injunctions against Rev. Smith and
Blevins, as well as a civil monetary penalty.

Dominick Agrees to Cooperate Fully with the CFTC's Ongoing
Prosecution of the Case

Specifically, to settle the complaint, defendants Dominick and Main
Street agreed to:

cooperate fully with the Commission's case against Rev. Smith and
Blevens, including giving testimony at trial;

findings that they committed all of the violations alleged in the
complaint, including an admission that they defrauded investors and
converted investor funds;

be permanently enjoined from further violations of the commodity
futures laws; and

be permanently enjoined from ever registering with the CFTC and from
engaging in any activity in the commodity futures industry on behalf of
others.

In addition, Dominick agreed to pay back $4.5 million (plus interest) in
restitution to defrauded investors. Because Dominick had dissipated
virtually all of the customer funds, the settlement provides for monthly
payments of a substantial portion of Dominick's current income, with a
provision for increasing the monthly payment should his financial situation
change.

Finally, Main Street is permanently enjoined from trading commodities
for its own account and Dominick is enjoined from so trading until or
unless he pays the full restitution to the investors.